by Zak Osterman, USA TODAY Sports

by Zak Osterman, USA TODAY Sports

Like those weeds that sprout up in the cracks in my father's driveaway, the ones we could never seem to kill, the undercurrent animosity that exists between Indiana and Kentucky will probably somehow manage to live forever.

Just to be helpful, John Calipari reached into his shed for some Miracle Gro.

Speaking during his weekly radio call-in show, Calipari apparently took a swipe at Indiana fans. CBS Sports has the quote:

"We don't have obnoxious -- well, we may, but I never hear them -- but we don't treat the other team with disrespect. If we won a game against the No. 1 team in the country in Rupp Arena, would people charge the court? No. You're supposed to (win.) You're Kentucky. We don't do that here."

There's a cold war currently raging between Bloomington and Lexington. (Does that make Louisville Berlin?) Indiana and Kentucky haven't played in the regular season since that December 2011 game that Calipari didn't refer to but still probably kind of did.

To hear IU's side, the Hoosiers had zero interest in moving the game off of the campuses. And why would they, after that?

There was a lot of complaint after that game, from Kentucky, about the sheer level of vitriol the Wildcats and their fans received in Assembly Hall that day. Keeping the series on the campuses also flew in the face of Calipari's stated preference to schedule non-conference games of that stature at neutral sites.

Both sides engaged in some politicking and back-and-forth, including a proposal that the games be moved to neutral sites for two years and then reassessed, and another that offered two on the campuses and two at neutral sites.

Eventually, though, both Indiana and Kentucky walked away from the series. Inevitably, that has done little to stop the occasional exchange of cannon fire between the two sides.

Calipari's claim, if it is directed at Indiana, is obviously self-serving, but most of what coaches say is meant to be self-serving. Why would John Calipari care what Indiana fans thought of him?

If it is Indiana-related, it's mostly just a chance to score some points on the home front and take a playful shot at a rival, if one he had a major hand in freezing out.

Schedule strength has been a hot topic among Indiana fans in recent seasons. Indiana hasn't yet been able to find a like replacement for Kentucky, an elite program scheduled on a home-and-home basis.

It's not clear whether the Hoosiers will have a similar series set up for next season. The Hoosiers are expected to participate in the Jimmy V Classic in New York in 2014, and they are contractually tied to the Big Ten/ACC Challenge and the Crossroads Classic as well.